{"id":402609,"date":"2026-04-21T01:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T01:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/402609\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T01:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T01:10:09","slug":"apple-seeds-third-ios-26-5-and-ipados-26-5-betas-to-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/402609\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Seeds Third iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 Betas to Developers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple today seeded the third betas of upcoming iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming a week after Apple released the second betas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1042492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/iOS-26.5-Glass-Feature-Warm.jpg\"   alt=\"iOS 26\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\"\/><br \/>Registered developers can download the betas from the Settings app on the iPhone or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/ipad\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPad<\/a> by going to the General section and selecting Software Update.<\/p>\n<p>iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 do not include new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/siri\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Siri<\/a> capabilities, suggesting any \u200cSiri\u200c updates are being held until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/ios-27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iOS 27<\/a>. The Maps app has a Suggested Places feature for recommending locations to visit nearby based on trends and recent searches, plus Apple is laying the groundwork for ads in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/apple-maps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Maps<\/a> app.<\/p>\n<p>Apple is continuing to test end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/rcs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RCS<\/a> messages between iPhone and Android users. Apple included the feature in the iOS 26.4 beta, but removed it before the update launched to the public.<\/p>\n<p>In the European Union, Apple is testing proximity pairing, notification forwarding, and Live Activities for third-party wearables like earbuds and smartwatches. The functionality will allow third-party wearables to have many of the same features as the Apple Watch and AirPods.<\/p>\n<p>More detail on what&#8217;s new in iOS 26.5 can be found in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/03\/30\/everything-new-in-ios-26-5-beta-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">our iOS 26.5 beta features guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Popular Stories<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/03\/25\/new-things-iphone-can-do-ios-26-4\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">16 New Things Your iPhone Can Do in iOS 26.4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple has released iOS 26.4, the fourth major point update for iPhones since iOS 26 was released in September, and there are at least 14 notable changes and improvements worth checking out. We&#8217;ve rounded them up below.&#13;The update doesn&#8217;t have the enhanced Siri feature set we were hoping for \u2013 that&#8217;s likely to arrive in iOS 27 \u2013 but there are quite a few other new additions included. They &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/03\/24\/ios-26-4-adds-two-carplay-features\/\" class=\"related\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iOS 26.4 Adds Two New Features to CarPlay<\/a><\/p>\n<p>iOS 26.4 was released today, and it includes a couple of new features for CarPlay: an Ambient Music widget and support for voice-based chatbot apps.&#13;To update your iPhone 11 or newer to iOS 26.4, open the Settings app and tap on General \u2192 Software Update. CarPlay will automatically offer the new features so long as the iPhone connected to your vehicle is running iOS 26.4 or later&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple today seeded the third betas of upcoming iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5 updates to developers for testing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1492,85,1702,46,321,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-402609","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-featured","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-ios-26","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-mobile","13":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}